It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Emma Jean Jakobeit of Lumberton, Texas, who passed away on March 2, 2024, at the age of 88, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Emma Jean Jakobeit to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Clemence Breaux Sheppard and George William Sheppard; her husband James Jakobeit; her daughter Peggy Roberts; her siblings, Wendell Lee Sheppard and Fern Finley; and her grandson Jesse James Ayres.

She is survived by : her children, David Jakobeit (Jo Lynn) of Warren, Sherry Ann Gilbert of Vicksburg, Michigan, Larry Jakobeit (Flo) of Beaumont and Julia Lynn Knapp (Allen) of Navasota; her siblings, Myrtle Cloteaux and A. G. Sheppard; and her grandchildren, Samantha, Sarah, Steven, Erin, Chrissy, Kimberly, Deanne and Heather. She is also survived by numerous great-grandchildren.

This Hospital was built and operated by the Catholic Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Broussard's Mortuary